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Ocelot II

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7. I'm just a bit younger

Reply to MarineCombatEngineer (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 29, 2023, 09:29 AM

Mar 2023

and legally own a shotgun which I have never fired. I'm sure an old lady with a never-used shotgun would be a very useful National Guard member. Ridiculous doesn't even cover it.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] GenXer47 Mar 2023 OP

All of them? Ocelot II Mar 2023 #1

40% of adult Americans own guns. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #3

they can opt out - by handing over their guns GenXer47 Mar 2023 #6

Yeah, ummmm, MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2023 #8

I don't have time to explain how unconstitutional that whole idea is, Ocelot II Mar 2023 #9

LOL...Yes. Iggo Mar 2023 #32

Absolutely... FalloutShelter Mar 2023 #2

Draft registration is already mandatory for men in the US. sl8 Mar 2023 #36

So you would draft this 75 yo into the NG? MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2023 #4

I'm just a bit younger Ocelot II Mar 2023 #7

Hey, I'm 68, and I'd go back in the Navy if they called me up EYESORE 9001 Mar 2023 #16

I'm with you there, MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2023 #17

So I gathered EYESORE 9001 Mar 2023 #18

+100. nt MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2023 #19

National Guard members are all paid for their service MichMan Mar 2023 #5

The sale of their confiscated guns, of course, Ocelot II Mar 2023 #10

The sale of the firearms to whom? nt EarthFirst Mar 2023 #11

Exactly. Ocelot II Mar 2023 #12

LOL. MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2023 #13

No thanks, I already served Redleg Mar 2023 #14

..... MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2023 #15

Typical Jarhead Redleg Mar 2023 #54

No. themaguffin Mar 2023 #20

so give them the training so they actually think they could win in a civil war? dembotoz Mar 2023 #21

If "nothing can be done!", then ... sanatanadharma Mar 2023 #22

Been there, done that sarisataka Mar 2023 #23

Let's just wave our magic wand and make the guns vanish Amishman Mar 2023 #24

i like my guns and i dont wanna go into the national guard.. samnsara Mar 2023 #25

"A bit ridiculous" is an understatment. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2023 #26

Army vet here. bluesbassman Mar 2023 #27

.... MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2023 #28

I didn't say anyone did "say" that. I asked a question. bluesbassman Mar 2023 #29

I didn't answer the question MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2023 #30

You'd be surprised. bluesbassman Mar 2023 #31

You must have missed where I said here on DU. MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2023 #34

I missed nothing. For eighteen years here on DU... bluesbassman Mar 2023 #39

Of course it's ridiculous, un-Constitutional, grotesque, and obscene Ocelot II Mar 2023 #38

Sensible ideas get batted away as a matter of course. bluesbassman Mar 2023 #41

Just repeal the 2nd amendment MichMan Mar 2023 #43

Great idea. Act_of_Reparation Mar 2023 #33

This old lady with the same sort of shotgun will be right behind you! Ocelot II Mar 2023 #37

I just love a hit and run thread. MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2023 #35

The Constitution protects rights you don't like too. LexVegas Mar 2023 #40

The OP is just exploring out of the box ideas, IMO. usonian Mar 2023 #42

The OP begs the question: Could the "well regulated" preamble be somehow used to curtail semi-autos? John1956PA Mar 2023 #45

Let's post nutty ideas all day long Bonx Mar 2023 #44

Of course all able-bodied men between ages 17 and 45 are all ready in the Reserve Militia EX500rider Mar 2023 #46

The reserve militia is just the body capable of being drafted into service. NutmegYankee Mar 2023 #49

I disagree EX500rider Mar 2023 #51

A lot of American men are getting screwed out of their funeral honors then... NutmegYankee Mar 2023 #52

It's ridiculous as it claims but think of cowards Eric and Donnie Jr suddenly getting bone spurs. keithbvadu2 Mar 2023 #47

You'd have to go back to the militia rules of the 1820s and below. NutmegYankee Mar 2023 #48

No. roamer65 Mar 2023 #50

What madness is this? Mike Niendorff Mar 2023 #53

Yeah, that's the ticket. SYFROYH Mar 2023 #55